Imitability(n.) The quality of being imitable.
Imitable(a.) Capble of being imitated or copied.
Imitable(a.) Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities.
Imitableness(n.) The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.
Imitancy(n.) Tendency to imitation.
Imitate(v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
Imitate(v. t.) To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.
Imitate(v. t.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.
Imitated(imp. & p. p.) of Imitate
Imitating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Imitate
Imitation(n.) The act of imitating.
Imitation(n.) That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
Imitation(n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
Imitation(n.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
Imitational(a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.
Imitative(a.) Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
Imitative(a.) Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
Imitative(a.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
Imitative(n.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
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